Center For Traditional Japanese Reiki
Overberg 

​​​Usui Reiki Ryoho represents the very foundation of Reiki practice. This lineage continues to be practiced in Japan with unwavering tradition. It offers a direct connection to the original teachings and techniques, providing a profound experience for those seeking a more classical approach to Reiki. Usui Reiki Ryoho, meaning “Usui Spiritual Energy Healing Method,” is a traditional Japanese approach to Reiki. It focuses on teachings passed down in an unbroken lineage from its founder, Mikao Usui.

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What to Expect in the Usui Reiki Ryoho Course

This course delves into the core traditional techniques used in Usui Reiki Ryoho.

No prerequisite other than an openness to learning about energy.

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Shoden (Level 1): Topics covered

• The history if of Reiki as taught by the Gakkai

• Three Attunements and Guided Meditations

• The Reiki Principles or Gokkai

• Practice with Self-Healing

• Practice with Healing Others in one-to-one, two-to-one, and group sessions.

• Gassho Meditation Technique

• Kenyoku-ho Dry Brushing Technique

• Nentatsu-ho (deprogramming),

• Byosen Reikan-ho Scanning Technique

• Jaki-kiri-joka-ho Object Clearing Technique

• Reiji-ho Spirit Connection Technique

• Breathing exercises

 

Okuden - Zenki (Level 2): (Requires Shoden completion)

• Review of URR Shoden Sessions

• Three Attunements and Guided Meditations

• Hatsureiho Meditation

• Usui Focus or Earth Symbol

• Using the Focus Symbol in Hands-on and Distant Sessions

• Usui Harmony or Moon Symbol

• Using the Harmony Symbol and Power Symbol in Hands-on and Distant Sessions

• Usui Connection or Sun Symbol

• Using the Connection Healing Symbol and others in Distant Sessions

• Giving and Receiving Distant Healing Sessions

• Gyoshi-Ho – Healing with the Eyes

• Koki-Ho – Healing with the Breath

• Full Blood Cleansing

• Sei-he-ki Chiryo-ho Technique for subconscious suggestion

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Usui Reiki Shinpiden : Requires Usui Reiki Ryoho II or Western Usui Reiki Master training (either practitioner or teacher).

In the Japanese tradition, what is called the Reiki Master in the West was a person who led the weekly practice sessions of the Gakkai. They taught a technique, participated in giving Reiju or attunements, and acted as evaluators of when it was time for a member to move to the next level. In the four to twenty years that Usui is believed to have taught, only eleven members were taught to this level. This is a three-day class with up to 21 hours of instruction and covers the following:

• Usui Great Shining Light Symbol

• Learning Reiju process

• Three Reijus for Shoden

• Three Reijus for Okuden

• Three Reijus for Shinpiden

• Meditation on Great Shining Light Symbol

• Gassho Meditation Technique

• Review of all techniques taught in Shoden and Okuden